Characteristic and incidental (placebo) effects in complex interventions such as acupuncture
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- 19 May 2005
- Vol. 330 (7501), 1202-1205
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1202
Abstract
The specific effects of non-pharmaceutical treatments are not always divisible from placebo effects and may be missed in randomised trialsKeywords
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